GRAND RAPIDS – To no one's surprise, the man accused of intentionally spreading AIDS to his unknowing sexual partners will be examined by state mental health experts.

But even as 51-year-old David Dean Smith undergoes at least six weeks of psychiatric examination to evaluate his criminal responsibility and see if he is competent to stand trial, more potential victims have come forward.

“Whether they will pan out or not, I can't say,” said Chief Assistant Kent County Prosecutor Christopher Becker.

Smith was quiet and reserved during his brief appearance in court with his attorney Richard Zambon.

Zambon said he has also asked for significant police records that also caused him to ask for a delay in the probable cause hearing.

"He says he intentionally attempted to spread the disease to kill people," a Grand Rapids Police Detective wrote in an affidavit housed at the court. "His latest fantasy is strangling a woman and having sex with her dead body."

The detective said the victim involved in the second charge -- the first charge was issued Dec. 22 -- was a woman who told police she eventually found Smith's medication, presumably to counteract HIV.

She did not know he had HIV until that point, the detective said.

Smith came to police on his own and reported his crime. He told investigators he met people over the Internet and that exposure may have included people outside of the area.

Smith of Comstock Park is held in the Kent County Jail on a $100,000 bond.

Judge Donald Passenger ordered the evaluation and Smith will be sent to Ypsilanti for evaluation or an evaluator could visit him locally.